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claytoncubitt:


Avedon’s instructions to his printer. (via)
Fuck the darkroom right in the ass. I don’t miss those days. I have books filled with instructions and recipes for my own prints. They’re like spell books for a dead magic.


I’m embarrassingly inexperienced—only a year in the darkroom before going digital—but I too have binders of notes and test prints. What a waste. Those wretched ‘spell books’ represent a larger monetary investment than my current DSLR+lenses, which are basically an unlimited ticket to the amusement park. For better or worse, digital is a boon to cash-strapped hobbyists like myself.

ps: I will readily admit that I’m not worthy of even reblogging Siege’s posts, but I wanted to add my $0.02.

claytoncubitt:

Avedon’s instructions to his printer. (via)

Fuck the darkroom right in the ass. I don’t miss those days. I have books filled with instructions and recipes for my own prints. They’re like spell books for a dead magic.

I’m embarrassingly inexperienced—only a year in the darkroom before going digital—but I too have binders of notes and test prints. What a waste. Those wretched ‘spell books’ represent a larger monetary investment than my current DSLR+lenses, which are basically an unlimited ticket to the amusement park. For better or worse, digital is a boon to cash-strapped hobbyists like myself.

ps: I will readily admit that I’m not worthy of even reblogging Siege’s posts, but I wanted to add my $0.02.

horizontal rule, y'all horizontal rule, y'all

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Self-timer, pt. III

If I spoke German, I’d cobble together one of those hyper-specific contraction/combo words to describe the ‘Oh shit!’ moment that many young female photographers have when they notice how much attention their work gets when they turn the lens on themselves and forgo enough clothing to make their moms blanch. There’s magic in the innocence of their enthusiasm.

I wouldn’t create a word to encapsulate the inevitable realization that most people are clamoring for the guilt-free titillation instead of the art of it all. That part’s too much of a bummer.

~

In the same vein, some of my most-viewed photos on Flickr are ones that show my brother’s underwear as it stands above his sagging trousers (nearly unavoidable in shots where his back is to the camera, natch). Those pictures often end up in ‘favorites’ collections like this or this.

So, when might young male photographers routinely harness this ‘sexy youth self-portrait’ phenomena to the same degree as their female peers? (I know it already happens on progressive sites like Nerve and whatnot, but I guess I’m looking to places like Flickr and DeviantArt as totems of the mainstream.) Ten years? Twenty? I guess this boils down to a question of changing sexual mores. Whoops.

The funny subtext here is that this hungry, exploitive audience is so male, gay or straight. I applaud the women reading this who enthusiastically own up to their libido, but damn, how long is it going to take for the fairer sex to catch up in terms of thinking with one’s crotch? What portion of the world’s pornography intentionally and un-ironically courts women? And don’t give me that old, tired shit about the male body being comparatively unattractive—boners can be plenty handsome, and deep inside even the most chaste nuns there are a few primal neurons dedicated to this knowledge.

Goddamnit, this ended up being way too long to have any sort of impact.

horizontal rule, y'all

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by Elea Rage, again

by Elea Rage, again

horizontal rule, y'all

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by Elea Rage

by Elea Rage

horizontal rule, y'all

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Sarah Maple makes interesting self portraits. A Muslim Cindy Sherman? Maybe. I dunno. Don’t listen to me.

Sarah Maple makes interesting self portraits. A Muslim Cindy Sherman? Maybe. I dunno. Don’t listen to me.

horizontal rule, y'all

hey hey I’m gonna kiss your mouth / I got lips and tongue that can help you out

— Dan Sartain, Tryin’ to Say

horizontal rule, y'all

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by Michael G. Magin, again

by Michael G. Magin, again

horizontal rule, y'all

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by Michael G. Magin (via)

by Michael G. Magin (via)

horizontal rule, y'all horizontal rule, y'all